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PATTERN INFORMATION

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Princess Alexandria ()

Description: Technique: Transfer-printArchaeological Notes: The motif consists of a central design of urns with a geometric border pattern. It is not listed in Coysh and Henrywood (1984, 1989). A table plate found at the Victoria Hotel site carries part of the maaaaark, but the full name is known from an example found at Kowhai School (R11/1691, DOC reference collection), where the manufacturer was Bodley & Harrold. Another example was found at the Auckland Goal site, R11/1559 (omitted from the list in Best 1992, but noted in the DOC reference collection) (Brassey and Macready 1994: 41-42, 54 Fig C13).

COLOURS

Purple

SITES

R11/1559Queen Street Gaol
R11/1691Kowhai School
R11/1530Victoria Hotel
   
 
 
 
   
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